Leonardosports director of Paris Saint Germaincriticized the referee this Saturday Mikael Lesage after the 3-1 defeat against Nantes and regretted that all the decisions were against his team, while Mauricio Pochettinohis coach, excluded the referee as guilty of losing the match, although he did point out that it was important and did not judge the two teams in the same way.
“It was a difficult game for us. After the Champions League game, we were the team to beat. From the start, it was a powerful game. We conceded two deserved goals. Afterwards, all the referee’s decisions were against us and you take a risk to have players out (due to injury). The referee announced a minute of added time and the penalty came four minutes later. I think there is a desire to whistle against us,” said the PSG sports director, in statements collected by the newspaper ‘ The ‘team’
He also pointed out that the referee did not even call a foul from behind on Mbappe. “You risk having players out for three months due to injury. He shows Appiah a red card but it’s not a red card. At the start of the game he says that VAR doesn’t work, but in that action he retracts to withdraw the card. Then he commits a Appiah penalty and does not show a yellow card that would have been a red card”, explained Leonardo.
“We have to separate things and we can’t blame the referee. We didn’t lose because of him, but it was important. The criteria weren’t the same for both teams, we weren’t judged in the same way and that’s why he can understand the nervousness of the sports director and the players”, stated Mauricio Pochettino, after the match.
Marcos Verratti also criticized the referee in statements to ‘Canal Plus’ reported by ‘L’equipe’. “How is it possible that we get ten yellow cards and we can’t even talk to the referee? Sometimes the referee says we can talk to him, but tonight we couldn’t at all. He is the only referee in the world who does things like this. We received ten yellow cards,” complained the midfielder, who also claimed Appiah’s red card, as did Leonardo.